Wider Caribbean Initiative for Ship-Generated Waste: Factsheet

The project aims to address the existing problem on pollution and ecological damage from ship-generated waste in marine and coastal waters and shorelines. Specifically, its goal is to lay the basis for the ratification and implementation of the Marine Pollution 73/78 Convention by the
developing countries of the wider Caribbean Region

LME:LEARN project is managed by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)”.